Post by Steve Gardner on Jan 19, 2008 0:10:30 GMT
Source: Yahoo News
WASHINGTON - FBI agents swept five World Bank buildings over a six-hour period late Thursday and early Friday and found no explosives, bureau spokeswoman Debra Weierman said.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation declared the buildings safe to re-enter but World Bank executives decided to keep them closed as a precaution, she said.
"We found no explosives or hazardous devices," Weierman said, adding that agents were joined by Metropolitan Police Department officers and Secret Service agents.
She said the investigation is continuing
The bank is expected to reopen Tuesday after the national holiday on Monday honoring civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr.
Earlier, in a posting on the World Bank's Internet site, the bank said: "World Bank Group Corporate Security is investigating a bomb threat received by telephone. The Bank is working with law enforcement officials to determine the validity of the threat.
"As a precautionary measure, Bank Group management has decided to close all World Bank Group leased and owned buildings in Washington on Friday, Jan. 18."
The World Bank is near the White House in downtown Washington. Meetings of the bank and the International Monetary Fund across the street have been frequent targets of street protests.
The bank, which makes loans to poor countries, employs about 8,000 people in Washington.
WASHINGTON - FBI agents swept five World Bank buildings over a six-hour period late Thursday and early Friday and found no explosives, bureau spokeswoman Debra Weierman said.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation declared the buildings safe to re-enter but World Bank executives decided to keep them closed as a precaution, she said.
"We found no explosives or hazardous devices," Weierman said, adding that agents were joined by Metropolitan Police Department officers and Secret Service agents.
She said the investigation is continuing
The bank is expected to reopen Tuesday after the national holiday on Monday honoring civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr.
Earlier, in a posting on the World Bank's Internet site, the bank said: "World Bank Group Corporate Security is investigating a bomb threat received by telephone. The Bank is working with law enforcement officials to determine the validity of the threat.
"As a precautionary measure, Bank Group management has decided to close all World Bank Group leased and owned buildings in Washington on Friday, Jan. 18."
The World Bank is near the White House in downtown Washington. Meetings of the bank and the International Monetary Fund across the street have been frequent targets of street protests.
The bank, which makes loans to poor countries, employs about 8,000 people in Washington.
